Williams & Connolly hires record-breaking lawyer

White-collar disputes boutique Williams & Connolly has welcomed back partner Lisa Blatt in Washington, DC, who will assume the role as chair of its Supreme Court and appellate litigation practice.

Joining from Arnold & Porter, where she has spent the last decade, Lisa Blatt returns to Williams & Connolly after more than 25 years, having pursued a successful government career during which she worked in the General Counsel’s Office of the United States Department of Energy and at the Office of the Solicitor General.

In private practice, Blatt holds the record for arguing 37 cases before the US Supreme Court, more than any woman in history, with her practice spanning disputes at federal and state court level throughout the country.